Cornish Pirates run in seven tries in their 49-22 won over Caldy

Cornish Pirates have won two of their three Championship games sop far this season

Cornish Pirates coach Gavin Cattle says there are still improvements to be made despite their 49-22 win over Caldy.

The seven-try victory moved the club to sixth place in the Championship after two wins from their first three games.

"There's some really pleasing aspects when we get possession, we look dangerous," Cattle said.

"I think the one thing that did let us down again was that we were on the wrong side of the penalty count," he added to BBC Radio Cornwall.

"Disappointingly, sometimes defensively doing a lot of good work and undoing that with maybe an offence at the breakdown.

"That's something we spoke about at half time, I think we only gave away three penalties in the second half, so that was pleasing.

"Our defensive pressure was doing the damage, we didn't really need to compete at the breakdown, and we got the rewards for that a couple of times."

Hugh Bokenham and Matt McNab scored inside the first 10 minutes to put Pirates in control before before a penalty try and a score from Alex Schwarz midway through the half made it 28-3.

Matt Gallagher pulled two tries back as Pirates led 28-15 at the interval before Ioan Evans scored twice after the break, either side of a Bruce Houston try.

"They're eager to play, they're a young bunch developing and they want to get that ball in hand, they want to test themselves, they want to see where they're at," added Cattle.

"We're learning about this group and we still will be going up to Christmas because we've got some tougher encounters.

"I respect Caldy fully, but they weren't at their best today and we've got some tough fixtures coming up.

"Post-Christmas, I'd love to think if we have a bit of luck injury-wise, we'll be in a really good place with the more senior boys coming back while developing the boys we've got.

"It's a great opportunity early in the season to bed these boys in, but it's important to pick up wins, which thankfully we did."